Back in Action is headlined by Cameron Diaz's comeback after 11 years away from acting, but Netflix's most viewed weekend premiere in nearly three years is also Seth Gordon's return to feature filmmaking.

Back in Action' director Seth Gordon tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx supported each other throughout filming — when the actress marked her return to acting with her first movie in over a decade and the actor had a medical emergency during production in April 2023.